I am currently using Ubuntu 14.04 and I need to install Windows 7 as dual boot (not VM). How can I do that? Should I create a partition with G Parted for Win7? Need advice from someone who did this successfully.
Yes, you have to create a separate ntfs partition for Windows and it should be a Primary one(if your disk has MBR partition table) through gparted.
Run Windows installation disk and select custom option to install Windows on created ntfs partition.
/dev/sda1
Boot Ubuntu installation disk and click on try Ubuntu option on startup.
Open gparted partition editor from dash. If the program is not installed by default then run the below commands to install gparted.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gparted
Make sure that all the partitions are unmounted. Now right-click on the /dev/sda1 partition and select Resize/Move option to reduce it's size(actual space needed for your Windows).
After the above operation, an unallocated space will be created just below to /dev/sda1
Create a new ntfs primary partition from that unallocated space.
